ast night I attended my first ever proper awards night as an invited guest, The Art Music Awards presented by APRA and the Australian Music Centre, with a lot of the ‘high flyers’ of the jazz, classical and experimental music scene in Australia. It was a real thrill to be invited and I was looking forward […]
Here’s a little teaser from the first recording session LL Cool Jazz did a couple of weeks ago. These three songs will be on the album! Hot off the recording desk, mastering is yet to be done. If you’ll listen carefully, you can hear all my breathing and my leather shoes creaking. Tee hee. We’ve […]
What a great Sunday I had! In the morning I was invited by Amanda Easton to be a part of the film clip shoot for her new song “New Bohmemians”. What a great song, a great idea and great vibe/feel. Amanda invited about 12 indie artists to be a part of her clip, to celebrate our […]
First recording date set After a number of weeks rehearsing with Scott, we’ve finally booked ourselves into our first recording session. The LL Cool Jazz recording begins in the studio on Tuesday 21st October 2014. We’re imagining that we’ll need a few sessions to get the tracks down, but it shouldn’t take too long to […]
On Friday I went to see my long time favourite female singer, Renee Geyer. I didn’t really discover Renee until about 16 years ago. Growing up, I’d known of her and saw her singing “Say I Love You” on Countdown, but it never really occurred to me that she was a fantastic singer, especially not the type […]
A couple of months ago I played in a chamber orchestra for an ‘at the time’ secret show. I can now reveal it was The Bachelor to be aired tonight on Channel 10, Australia at 7.30pm. Here’s a blog I did about it at my larsenmusic.com.au website. If you’d like to hire a cellist “as […]
There’s a new song on the horizon. It’s one I had written a number of years ago and never could quite work out what I was going to do with it. This year, I brought it into a Machiniso rehearsal and it’s been brought to life. Scott Leishman added a pre-chorus chord motif, I added […]
Hi Everyone! I hope you’re having a lovely day. The weather here in Sydney is crisp and clear. Such a beautiful winter. There’s something I want to share with you because it’s something I’m very excited about. That may be an understatement. You know the feeling when you’re on the cusp of finally beginning to live a lifelong […]
The Machiniso EP “In Lounge-O-Scope” has just been reviewed by respected Sydney DJ Georgina Reed. Her description of my voice is very flattering and I can’t thank her enough for giving Machiniso such a great review. Here’s the opening paragraph. “The husky, sensual and sultry vocals of Anne-Lise (pron. Anne-Leesa) Larsen is the first thing […]
Words can not describe how much I enjoyed my little getaway to the Snowy Mountains this month. It’s my first proper holiday in almost two decades and I’ve finally lived a lifelong dream to get to the Snowy Mountains in New South Wales, Australia. I can’t believe it’s taken me so long. Hope you enjoy […]